Homework 13th November Flashcards
What is a content provider?
It provides material for any platform.
What does UGC stand for and what is it?
User-generated content is content made by the users of an online system.
What is a platform?
Software that allows producers to interact with consumers e.g. social media.
What is a monetization strategy?
Making an income from your product.
What is commercial broadcasting?
Privately owned broadcasting of TV/Radio.
What is public service broadcasting?
TV/Radio broadcasted without profit to educate, inform or entertain.
What is subscription broadcasting?
A platform/broadcaster that offers content that is accessible via subscription.
What is concentration of ownership?
The number of organizations/individuals who control ownership of the media.
What is a conglomerate?
A large corporation that earns a large number of media companies.
What is convergence?
Technologies and institutions coming together to create a new product.
What is a demerger?
A large company splitting into 2 smaller companies.
What is distribution?
The way that a media product is given to an audience e.g. physically or online.
What is a media franchise?
A collection of connected media products coming from one original source.
What is horizontal integration?
Companies acquiring other companies in the same sector
What is a merger?
2 media companies merging into 1.
What is vertical integration?
A strategy that involves bringing supply, production, distribution and sales together.
What is BARB?
The broadcaster’s audience research board measures tv audiences in the UK.
What is BBFC?
The British Board of film classification decide age ratings for products in the UK
What is IPSO?
The Independent Press Standards Organisation regulates newspapers in the UK.
What is OFCOM?
The Office of communications is responsible for communication and broadcasting in the UK.
What is PEGI?
Pan European game information decides age ratings for video games.
What are editorials?
A statement on newspapers standing on a situation.
What are news values?
Ways media companies categorise news.
